SAN FRANCISCO — In patients with microstriae after LASIK, phototherapeutic keratectomy may be useful in smoothing out the corneal surface, according to one surgeon. Roger Steinert, MD, speaking ...

Trainee procedures’ postoperative complications, such as microstriae and interface debris, were more than 10 percent more common than complications in the attending group, but these were not visually ...

LASIK is a safe and effective treatment for refractive errors, ... This complication is a result of the misalignment of the flap and can be classified into macrostriae and microstriae.

LASIK is a treatment for the correction of myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. ... or folds. Microstriae, which are harder to correct, are more likely to occur with very thin flaps.

A total of 668 eyes of 342 patients were treated with LASIK, and 662 eyes of 331 patients were treated with LASEK using the VISX Star laser platform. Patients were recruited to the study from ...